Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zechariah 11:6
I will deliver — To rob, imprison, banish, or kill each other. Of his king — The Roman Caesar, whom the Jews had chosen to be so. The land — Their king and his armies shall destroy the land.
I will deliver — To rob, imprison, banish, or kill each other. Of his king — The Roman Caesar, whom the Jews had chosen to be so. The land — Their king and his armies shall destroy the land.
Verse Zechariah 11:6. _FOR I WILL NO MORE PITY_] I have determined to deliver them into the hands of the Chaldeans....
FOR I WILL NO MORE PITY - Therefore were they a “flock of the slaughter,” because God would “have no pity” on those who went after shepherds “who had no Pity” upon them, but corrupted them; who “enter...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The judgment of the land, the temple and the slaughter of the flock (Zechariah 11:1) _ 2. The true shepherd set aside and rejected (Zechariah 11:7) 3. The foolish shepherd (Z
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH IN FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. The author here assumes the rô le of the chief actor in the events he is describing, and speaks in the first person. Unlike Zechariah, but in accordance wi...
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. MEN, Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'ish_, App-14....
_the men_ Rather, MAN. This verse at once gives the reason of the misery described in Zechariah 11:5, viz. Jehovah's displeasure, and interprets the parable of the flock. They of whom I am speaking ar...
FOR I WILL NO MORE PITY, &C.— It is a remark which deserves attention, that the prophets representing two persons, the Word, or the Messiah, and themselves, in the very same discourses, will sometimes...
FAITHFUL AND FOOLISH SHEPHERDS. Zechariah 11:4-17 RV. Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter; whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Bl...
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land,...
11:6 men, (g-19) _ Adam_ , mankind....
THE PARABLE OF THE SHEPHERDS The perplexing nature of the prophecies in this chapter renders exposition difficult, especially as we cannot be sure of the circumstances. Apparently, however, the passa...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Open your doors, Lebanon. Then fire will destroy your *cedar trees! V2 Cry aloud, *juniper trees, because (he has) destroyed...
(4-17) The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and symbolical throughout, consists in the fact that hardly any clue to the interpretation is given to us. Thus commentators are quit...
OF THE LAND. — Better, _of the world._ THE MEN. — Better, _mankind._ God would punish the nations for their cruelty to His people (comp. Zechariah 1:15). He would cause the world to be smitten or bro...
כִּ֠י לֹ֣א אֶחְמֹ֥ול עֹ֛וד עַל ־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָ
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
7. THE REJECTION AND MURDER OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Zechariah 11:4; Zechariah 13:7 There follows now, in the rest of chapter 11, a longer oracle, to which Ewald and most critics after him have suitably...
BEAUTY AND BANDS Zechariah 11:1-17 The times were very dark when Zechariah felt called upon to act as shepherd to Jehovah's harried flock. Rulers and priests were actuated by selfish greed and mutua...
The last movement of the message described the rejection of the King. The prophet first foretold the coming of judgment under the figure of the Roman fire devouring the people and spoiling the glory...
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, (h) I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his (i) king: and they shall smite th...
_Hand. This alludes to the last siege of Jerusalem, in which the different factions of the Jews destroyed one another, and they that remained fell into the hands of their king, (that is, of the Roman...
Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich; and their ow...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
He then adds, _And he who fed then has not spared _them. The meaning is, that the people, according to the opinions commonly entertained, were not worthy of mercy and kindness. Hence, as I have said,...
In connection with the judgments that should attend it, the Spirit enters into more detail with respect to the rejection of the Messiah, and the particular circumstances of the last days, in consequen...
FOR I WILL NO MORE PITY THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, SAITH THE LORD,.... Or spare them; but cause his wrath to come upon them to the uttermost, as it did at the time of Jerusalem's destruction by the...
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land,...
_I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land_ I will no more spare them than their shepherds do. _The inhabitants of the land_ are to be distinguished from _the poor of the flock_ in the next vers...
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord, no longer spare them after a last effort to save them; BUT, LO, I WILL DELIVER THE MEN EVERY ONE INTO HIS NEIGHBOR'S HAND, so that...
THE GOOD SHEPHERDS...
JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE TRUE SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL IS REJECTED AND A FALSE SHEPHERD ACCEPTED (vv. 1-6) This chapter is all prophetic, dealing chiefly with the suffering of Israel because of their reject...
DELIVER: _ Heb._ make to be found...
4-14 Christ came into this world for judgment to the Jewish church and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those have their minds wofully blinded, who do ill, and justify themselves...
FOR I WILL NO MORE PITY: their great sins have turned away God's compassions from them, and men show no mercy where God withdraws his. THE INHABITANTS; the generality of the nation, the body of this s...
Zechariah 11:6 pity H2550 (H8799) inhabitants H3427 (H8802) land H776 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 give...
ZECHARIAH IS TO FEED THE FLOCK DOOMED FOR SLAUGHTER (ZECHARIAH 11:4). There is an interesting contrast here between the false shepherds of Zechariah and the true shepherd of Ezekiel. In Ezekiel 34 YHW...
A PROPHECY IN WHICH ZECHARIAH SEES THAT INSTEAD OF TRUE SHEPHERDS THERE WILL ARISE FALSE SHEPHERDS. HE AS THE TRUE SHEPHERD WILL BE REJECTED (ZECHARIAH 11:1). Zchariah now returns to his theme of the...
Zechariah 11:4. _Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;_ This is a deep prophecy. It may be interpreted concerning many events, but I think it primarily refers to the departure...
CONTENTS: First advent of Christ foretold and His rejection. God's wrath against Israel as the result. The rise of anti-Christ and his judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Those who wil...
Zechariah 11:1. _Open thy doors, oh Lebanon._ This is a word of delicacy for the temple, calling it by another name. Dr. Lightfoot quotes several striking comments on this text. “The east gate of the...
_I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land _ A TERRIBLE DOOM, AND AN INVALUABLE PRIVILEGE I. A terrible doom. “For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land.” What is the doom? The aband...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:1 Zechariah’s focus turns from the flock back to the shepherds. The fable of vv. Zechariah 11:1 tells of impending destruction. In vv....
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:4 Zechariah himself acts out the role of a shepherd who rescues his sheep only to have the sheep come to detest him. He then leaves the flock to a worthless shepherd....
CRITICAL NOTES. Zechariah 11:4.] The cause of the ruin. FEED] The prophet to act the part of a good shepherd. FLOCK] Jewish nation. ZECHARIAH 11:5. POSSESSORS] Lit _buyers_, who think they can sell...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 11:13 § 8. Restoration to their own land and material prosperity do not free the Israelites from probation or trouble. The prophet, therefore, darkens his late picture with some...
Tonight we have a fascinating area of scripture to cover. Pray the Lord will give me the gift of brevity. For we are surely getting into some exciting areas of biblical prophecy, as the Lord begins to...
1 Thessalonians 2:16; Daniel 9:26; Daniel 9:27; Ezekiel 8:18; Ez